4 Amazing Features In ON1 Photo RAW 2023
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ON1 announced ON1 Photo RAW 2023 today and WOW have they been busy! ON1 is packing a bunch of amazing new features into their next release of Photo RAW. This release truly is a major update to an already mature asset manager and photo editor. These are the 4 features I am most excited about in ON1 Photo RAW 2023.
1. Super Select AI
Super Select AI will fundamentally change the way you approach masking in ON1 Photo RAW. This AI-powered tool understands the subjects and objects in your image, making them incredibly easy to select. It is truly point and click. Click on various elements. in your scene to add elements to the mask.
Hover and click areas of your photo to add them to a mask.
Clicks are additive. You can grow the mask click by click.
The blue areas show what will be included in your mask.
Right-click the selection and add Effects or Local Adjustments.
Once your selection is complete, right click and make stylistic edits or tonal adjustments. All of the Effects filters and Local Adjustments are at the ready.
This is really a game-changer for masking in ON1. Selective adjustments to the subject of your photo and secondary elements is what makes your images stronger. Super Select AI will make that job a whole lot easier - and you can focus on the creative size of photography.
2. Mask AI & Adaptive Presets
ON1 Photo RAW 2023 understand the subjects and objects in your images. It detects all sorts of things, from people and animals to trees and architecture. These smarts are built into Mask AI. For example, the Effects filter popup shows you the various things ON1 has detected in the photo you are editing. When choosing a filter, you can apply it to the entire photo or limit it to specific elements in your image.
Now… take that feature further. The subjects and objects Mask AI detects can be built into presets. For example, if you are a pet photographer and have a certain look you like to apply to animals, build that look by selecting “Animals” in Mask AI and save it as a preset. When you apply that preset to a different photo with a different animal, ON1 will analyze the image, recognize the animals in the photo, and apply your look - just to the animals.
This extends to all the different things that ON1 can detect. Architecture, waterfalls, trees, and more.
Mask AI shows you the elements detected in your photo. Quickly target masks to subjects and build adaptive AI-powered presets.
3. Keyword AI
You’re detecting a theme here, right! AI is everywhere in ON1 Photo RAW 2023 and that extends to keywords. ON1 can analyze your photos and create keyword tags for the things it finds. This is a big plus for those that don’t like adding keywords to images, but want the search benefits keywords offer. The tags added by Keywords AI are searchable in ON1 Photo RAW. Keyword AI can also tag photographic properties or tonal characteristics of your images, too.
An attention to detail by ON1 is that the AI-detected keywords are kept in a separate metadata field. AI keyword detection won’t mess up your carefully curated keyword list. You can choose to add some or all of the AI keywords to the classic keyword metadata. You have all the control.
Keyword AI in ON1 Photo RAW 2023 automatically creates keyword tags for the subjects and objects in your photos.
You control what subjects and objects Keyword AI finds in the ON1 Photo RAW 2023 Preferences.
4. Tack Sharp AI
Salvage photos that are slightly blurry with Tack Sharp AI. This new feature corrects softness caused by camera shake or motion blur. The new feature is in the Develop module, side by side with ON1 NoNoise AI.
Pricing & Availability
ON1 Photo RAW 2023 will be released and available in October 2023. Pricing is as follows:
ON1 Subscribers: Free! ON1 subscribers automatically receive ON1 Photo RAW 2023 when it releases as part of their subscription. Subscribers will also get the 2023 versions of the ON1 Plugins, soon after the release of Photo RAW. Subscription plans are as low as US$7.99/month or US$89.99/year.
Upgrade Pricing: US$79.99. Owners of any previous version of any ON1 product can order Photo RAW 2023 at the upgrade price.
New Customers: US$99.99. New ON1 customers that do not want a subscription can purchase a perpetual license.
A single purchase of any ON1 product includes the Windows and macOS versions and can be used on 2 computers. For a limited time, any purchase of ON1 Photo RAW 2023 includes these bonuses:
50 Adaptive Presets for Portraits and Landscapes
A new course for Mask AI
A free 14-day trial of Photo RAW will be available to download in October once the product releases.
Tack Sharp AI corrects motion blur or camera shake in photos.
